Walleye fishing on Muskoka Lake was Awesome

[coreyhkh]

Even with the weather I took the drive Home to my dads from London to see if I could catch a few fish. Saturday came around and the weather was not too good but the walleye where biting and they where big. We had a hard time catching any small ones to eat, we fish all day to get 6, 3 each. Everyone we caught was to big and over the slot limit largest was 7.5 pounds we got 3 or so around 6 and a few around 5. We were just using a worm and a hook, simple works. I did try throwing a lure but nothing hit. Two pike also took the worm the big one broke the the line it must of been around 10 pounds it jumped near the boat.

 

I went out Sunday and only got one small pike that was small enough that it could of lived in my aquarium.

 

 

 

[fishindevil]

great shootin guys well done some very nice eyes for sure !!!! cheers

[asdve23rveavwa]

Nicely done. Quality over quantity for sure.

[Joeytier]

HOGS! And out of a pontoon to boot.

 

Nice shootin

[beginner]

absolutely nice quality of fish... good shootin

[solopaddler]

Sweet fish. That's lake Muskoka for ya though, fewer but usually larger walleye.

 

It can be a tough nut to crack, job well done!

[coreyhkh]

I have never had a problem finding walleye but I have never got this many big ones before I think having the new slot limit will be great for the lake, we will have some real Hogs.

[lookinforwalleye]

Real nice eyes there Corey, I have a weeks holiday coming up and I plan on seeing if I can find some Muskoka Smallmouth!!!

[Rod Caster]

wow, those are some hefty walleyes.

Hook and worm you say? Exactly what hook did you use, how big was the worm and how did you hook it. hehe, simple is usually a good method, well done.

[coreyhkh]

Iam not sure of the hook size but its not very big, for the worm a full dew worm hooked once, don't hook it into a ball.

[corvette1]

nice eyes

[kegman]

Very nice walleyes! This is my first full year on lake muskoka, near Bracebridge and I've found it to be a very challenging. Pike are scattered everywhere, I just caught a 10+ lb'er a few nights ago - so they're fun. Smallies can be tough to find but seem plentiful and average sizes are 3 lbs. Caught a 8.5 lb laker in April jigging.

 

But man..... are the walleye hard to catch. My sonar is always lit up with large fish and I throw everything at them (minnows, jigs, gulp, worms) and they don't seem to bite. It's like the fish are too well-fed. My friend caught a nice walleye, probably around 4-5 lbs a couple of weeks ago dragging a tiny rapala perch countdown near dusk around a rocky island. I've also spoken to some old timer that catches walleye regularly trolling work harnesses at dusk. I've seen many boats troll around the mouth of the river but really don't see the justification of the traffic there for the 1 or 2 fish that I see being caught per night.

 

Any tips for a walleye rookie on this lake?